Central Ontario
Partisans came to us with this experimental, sophisticated project: an old Italian grotto-like escape created by combining old-world craftsmanship and new-world sustainability. The challenge: design a structure that was completely prefabricated, trucked to port and shipped on a barge, before being craned onto an island.
The structure has a cedar exterior and sculpted cedar interior. For efficiency, it is wrapped in insulation and a layer of aluminum foil to create a convective air plenum. And the windows are double and triple glazed high efficiency annealed glass. Working in 3D, Moses Structural Engineers developed a structure that accounted for these systems and the logistics of assembly and shipping.
Awards
2014 Ontario Wood Award, Ontario Wood WORKS!
2014 BOY Award, Interior Design
2014 WAN Wood in Architecture Award – Top 6, World Architecture News
2015 OAA Design Excellence Award, Ontario Association of Architects
2015 Popular Choice Winner, Architizer A+ Awards
Media
Green Building and Sustainable Strategies Magazine
Architect: PARTISANS
Photographer: Jonathan Friedman
